Background: Lifestyle changes play a major role in the treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of cardiopulmonary disorders. Vibhaga pranayama in combination with other pranayamas has been shown to improve pulmonary function. However, no published study has explored the effects of only Vibhaga pranayama on cardiopulmonary functions either in healthy or in pathological conditions....
This paper is an analysis of Thomas Metzinger’s self-model theory of subjectivity (SMT). Metzinger claims that beyond the biological organism and its properties, there is no individual and distinct entity that can be regarded as “self”. What really exists is the phenomenal sense of being self, which creates the illusion of the existence of something permanent. Taking the concepts of David Hume...
The assertion of a state which is unconditioned and beyond temporal change creates unavoidable tensions for any Buddhist account that concerns the shift from worldly experience to a liberated one. The presence of such tensions can be found in the controversy between simultaneous (cig char; yugapad) and gradual (rim gyis; krameṇa) conceptions of the contemplative path and the state of liberation...
Mind blanking is a mental state in which attention does not bring any perceptual input into conscious awareness. As this state is still largely unexplored, we suggest that a comprehensive understanding of mind blanking can be achieved through a multifaceted approach combining self-assessment methods, neuroimaging and neuromodulation. In this article, we explain how electroencephalography and...
This paper presents some results of a qualitative interview study with contemporary magicians that was carried out in two phases in German-speaking countries.The greater part of the data was collected in 2004-2005 and covered a broad range of topics.The topics presented here include (1) paranormal experiences of magicians, (2) evaluation of magical practice, and (3) magic in the laboratory.To...
4E cognition (embodied, embedded, extended, and enactive) is a growing, open and pluralistic research tradition that offers new philosophical and scientific avenues to study the mind. Both its origins and current expansive movement are theoretically and geographically diverse. Chile, the mother country of the influential biologists Francisco Varela and Humberto Maturana, represents one of its...
Since depression is a common mental illness affecting an estimated 5% of people worldwide, investigators are encouraged to develop effective antidepressants. According to the monoamine-deficiency hypothesis, the underlying pathophysiology of depression is a deficiency of some neurotransmitters (serotonin, norepinephrine, or dopamine) in the central nervous system. The neurotransmitter serotonin...
Sufism is an expression of the aesthetics of Muslim civilization. It makes right acceptable and good worthy of action and makes them attractive to human feeling. When this knowledge and art became organized in the Muslim academic discourse, it remained in the stages of editing and completion for centuries. Many people with high consciousness cultivated this art. And it was served by the power...
Purpose: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a well-known method for reducing stress and negative affect. Recently, a small, open-label trial showed that MBSR training was associated with a shift toward more positive responses to emotionally ambiguous signals (e.g., surprised expressions that convey either positive or negative meaning). Methods: Here, we test whether the MBSR-induced...
영미문학교육September 30, 2023The Korean Society For Teaching English Literature, Hyesook Son, Shin-Il Han1 citation
This study aims to demonstrate how contemplative science and poetic language can be combined to improve learners’ awareness and achieve harmony and balance between their mind and body. A contemplative science that seeks to encompass the wholeness of human beings must incorporate a language that allows learners to raise ontological, epistemological, and semantic questions to develop their...